Objectives: To evaluate the 12-month effect of myo-inositol treatment on some biochemical parameters of women affected by metabolic syndrome. Methods: Eighty outpatient postmenopausal women, affected by metabolic syndrome, were enrolled in a 12-month study. All women were treated with a low-energy diet, and then they were randomly assigned to myo-inositol 2 g BID (n.40) or placebo (n.40). All the women were evaluated for serum glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR (Homeostasis Model Assessment - Insulin Resistance), triglycerides, total and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and blood pressure at baseline and after 12 months of treatment. Results: With the exception of BMI and waist circumference, after 12 months of treatment, all the parameters studied showed a significant improvement in the myo-inositol group compared to the control group. At the end of the study, in the myo-inositol group, the number of women without metabolic syndrome was eight (20%), whereas in the control group, only one woman no longer had the metabolic syndrome after 12 months of diet. Conclusions: Myo-inositol might be considered one of the insulin-sensitizing substances in the treatment of metabolic syndrome

One-year effects of myo-inositol supplementation in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome

SANTAMARIA, ANGELO;GIORDANO, domenico;CORRADO, Francesco;PINTAUDI, BASILIO;INTERDONATO, MARIA LIETA;DI VIESTE, GIACOMA;DI BENEDETTO, Antonino;D'ANNA, Rosario
2012-01-01

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the 12-month effect of myo-inositol treatment on some biochemical parameters of women affected by metabolic syndrome. Methods: Eighty outpatient postmenopausal women, affected by metabolic syndrome, were enrolled in a 12-month study. All women were treated with a low-energy diet, and then they were randomly assigned to myo-inositol 2 g BID (n.40) or placebo (n.40). All the women were evaluated for serum glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR (Homeostasis Model Assessment - Insulin Resistance), triglycerides, total and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and blood pressure at baseline and after 12 months of treatment. Results: With the exception of BMI and waist circumference, after 12 months of treatment, all the parameters studied showed a significant improvement in the myo-inositol group compared to the control group. At the end of the study, in the myo-inositol group, the number of women without metabolic syndrome was eight (20%), whereas in the control group, only one woman no longer had the metabolic syndrome after 12 months of diet. Conclusions: Myo-inositol might be considered one of the insulin-sensitizing substances in the treatment of metabolic syndrome
2012
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